In a message dated Wed, 3 Oct 2001 6:49:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Michael Rohl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Ivanova's record is close to her road time. WIthin > seconds. Which is the same with the men's walks. >> I wasn't questioning whether or not Ivanova's track time was any good; i'm saying that the women's 20W record is an irrelevant stat, be it road (where she also set an all-time best) or track. There just isn't enough data by enough people over enough time to fairly compare the marks to events with decades of history. Having said that, Ivanova deserves very good consideration on the AOY ballot, simply becuase she has an undefeated 5-race season, winning both WC and Goodwill. The "is it relevant?" question applies even more strongly to women's steeple times, with the result that there won't be any steeplechasers on the AOY ballot. gh
